Saint-Apollinaire
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Apollinaire (INSEE 21540) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of Dijon Métropole. Population 7,544 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/21540-saint-apollinaire
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 3,227 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.39 | 25 | 9.75 |
| Social | 0.58 | 20 | 11.57 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.64 | 10 | 6.44 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.85 | 10 | 8.53 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE FAMILIALE OUDOT · PASTRY' N' COOK · BOULANGERIE TRESSE NATHALIE ET ANNE · MAIRET CREATIONS). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAXI MARCHE). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (LIDL · PROGECOM). [3,4]
11 × Restaurant (H.R.C. RESTAURATION · PIZZA DU BOURG · COURTEPAILLE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LA FLEURIEE). [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA FLEURIEE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAQUIER D AUPRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE VAL SULLY). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT BOULET, MÉDECIN · ANNE KOEHRER, MÉDECIN · EVA DANIEL, MÉDECIN · MICKAËL LARIBIA, MÉDECIN · JEAN LUC BAVEUX, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA FLEURIEE · SELARL PHARMACIE RUINET). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (MÉDIALUDE · 21 - MEDIATHEQUE COTE-D'OR). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DU TEMPS LIBRE · CENTRE SPORTIF DIJON METROPOLE MICHEL GALLOT). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · SAINT APOLLINAIRE). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (FROISSARD FLORIANE · BRILLANCE · ANTONIN · L'EDEN COIFFURE · A'LYSS COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (IBIS BUDGET DIJON SAINT APOLLINAIRE · HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS DIJON · CAMPANILE DIJON EST). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 10 × Restaurant, 2 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 6 | BOULANGERIE FAMILIALE OUDOT · PASTRY' N' COOK · BOULANGERIE TRESSE NATHALIE ET ANNE · MAIRET CREATIONS | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | MAXI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | LIDL · PROGECOM | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 11 | H.R.C. RESTAURATION · PIZZA DU BOURG · COURTEPAILLE | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LA FLEURIEE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA FLEURIEE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAQUIER D AUPRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE VAL SULLY | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | LAURENT BOULET, MÉDECIN · ANNE KOEHRER, MÉDECIN · EVA DANIEL, MÉDECIN · MICKAËL LARIBIA, MÉDECIN · JEAN LUC BAVEUX, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DE LA FLEURIEE · SELARL PHARMACIE RUINET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 2 | MÉDIALUDE · 21 - MEDIATHEQUE COTE-D'OR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | PARC DU TEMPS LIBRE · CENTRE SPORTIF DIJON METROPOLE MICHEL GALLOT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · SAINT APOLLINAIRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 9 | FROISSARD FLORIANE · BRILLANCE · ANTONIN · L'EDEN COIFFURE · A'LYSS COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | IBIS BUDGET DIJON SAINT APOLLINAIRE · HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS DIJON · CAMPANILE DIJON EST | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 7,012 (2012) → 7,544 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 5,577 (1990) → 7,544 (2023): 35.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,892, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Apollinaire): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Apollinaire): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Apollinaire): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Apollinaire): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Apollinaire): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the QUETIGNY weather station, 3.8 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 246 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 7.4 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at QUETIGNY, 3.8 km away at 217 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
269 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 257,760 € — 2,987 € per m² of built surface. [10]
259 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 157,000 € — 2,909 € per m². [10]
The median across Côte-d'Or is 1,892 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21540/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21540/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21540/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21540/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21540
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville | 76 | 382 km NW | 7,071 | 49.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Prix | 95 | 280 km NW | 7,612 | 54.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 % |
| Lisses | 91 | 243 km NW | 7,373 | 50.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Feyzin | 69 | 186 km S | 10,304 | 46.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Émerainville | 77 | 246 km NW | 7,690 | 47.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villemoisson-sur-Orge | 91 | 253 km NW | 7,332 | 48.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feyzin | 69 | 186 km S | 10,304 | 46.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lisses | 91 | 243 km NW | 7,373 | 50.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Émerainville | 77 | 246 km NW | 7,690 | 47.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villemoisson-sur-Orge | 91 | 253 km NW | 7,332 | 48.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Prix | 95 | 280 km NW | 7,612 | 54.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 % |
| Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville | 76 | 382 km NW | 7,071 | 49.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Saint-Apollinaire's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huningue | 68 | 190 km E | 7,487 | 56.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lutterbach | 68 | 172 km E | 6,851 | 52.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Coteau | 42 | 164 km SW | 6,845 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poisy | 74 | 174 km SE | 9,291 | 55.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pfastatt | 68 | 173 km E | 10,314 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valentigney | 25 | 133 km E | 10,501 | 44.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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